ntripunovski
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Park was briliant..... WELL DONE JI SUNG.... WELL DONE
Huh? He just started both legs of this tie.
If you mean never a starter in the league, I would also disagree. With the amount of rotation we do, he can and will start lots of games every season.
He'll usually do a good job too, he's been excellent in his last few league games.
Agree. Slight overreacting from some on here. For (not) the last time, he's not just suddenly come good. He's always been quality, just he was asked to defer to Ronaldo and Rooney.
Also, this role of his will never really work in the PL except against the likes of Arsenal and...well just Arsenal.
Out wide, yes, I agree he can and should start a good number of games (probably didn't make that clear... my bad). Especially since Giggs can't play every game and Nani is still fairly inconsistent.
However, centrally, there's no way he can be a regular starter. He can't play central midfield in a 4-4-2, and we simply won't play a 4-5-1/4-2-3-1 in all our games... It just won't happen.
He can't cross and rarely beat his man. He has always been more suited to a central role tbh.
Park, Fletcher and Valencia were awesome tonight. Their energy in the middle was just too much for Milan's OAPs.
Very good tonight and for the last few games. Does he ever really let us down?
Its a shame that Rooney takes ALL the headlines.
For me it was quite clear that Park was MOM.
Felt like we had 12, 13 or 14 players out there tonight - he was everywhere.
What I never understood was why he was immediately pushed out wide for us like Fletcher was at first, and the difference it made when Flether was finally stationed inside was immense. He did a job for Eindhoven and IIRC he was in the middle. I always reckoned his skill set overlapped nicely with our midfield. Better than Anderson all around I reckon. Runs like Fletcher though not such a tackler. More mobile than Carrick, but doesn't get his up up as much. Pretty much easily fills any role in midfield except for out wide.
Was he that bad in the first half? Honestly.
Played out wide because we haven't really played with a left winger in nearly 5 years, and because it was the easiest place to play him without disrupting key components of the team.
We don't play players where they're best suited, that's never been the way Sir Alex has run the team, it's where they best complement the team.
Park gave us balance, intricate short passing and a tendency to drift on the left - i.e. the perfect complementary to Ronaldo. He sacrificed so much of his game for the good of the team, and to good effect, yet it was constantly overlooked and he was just called a mediocre player.
Park's never been mediocre.
Park was excellent, I think we have found his role.
Nah, Park is an incredibly intelligent and disciplined little footballer. His reading of the game, movement and tactical awareness is well above 99,9% of other footballer. His ability to keep it simple and such is just a consequence of those things.I don't think you can say that. We've always been accustomed to his work rate, but what made Park stand out was that he could always be relied upon to keep it simple, get past players and keep play flowing.
He's been awesome lately.
While the first game was a bit confusing, he was great tonight. In the 451, his central role is fantastic because he can act as a defender and attacking midfielder. It could be very useful against Barcelona if we just put Park on Xavi to harass him and get forward. I'm not sure how well it would work since Xavi gets forward a lot more than Maldini.
He doesn't do anything spectacular, but he's effective as hell.
I think you mean Pirlo. It was funny as hell to see Pirlo playing so high up the field at one point, almost as a striker, in hope to shake himself from Park or for whatever reason.
Park, Fletcher and Valencia were awesome tonight. Their energy in the middle was just too much for Milan's OAPs.
It's hard to overlook Park over the two legs - he was great in the middle of the park, but I think Carrick will come straight back into the side with Park/Valencia/Nani fighting for the two places on the wing.Liking him playing in the middle, knows how to link up with any of our front men (Rooney, Nani or Valencia) and works his socks off when we don't have the ball.
He's also mentally hard as bricks which is why SAF picks him for these games.
It's hard to overlook Park over the two legs - he was great in the middle of the park, but I think Carrick will come straight back into the side with Park/Valencia/Nani fighting for the two places on the wing.